Lawn trimmer



July 23, 1929.

F. G. HAWNE LAWN TRIMIER Filed Dec. 5, 1927 Invenlor Attorney Patented my 23, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

My present invention relates to improvements in lawn trimmers of the walking type a designed primarily to trim the edges of a lawn to insure .a neat appearance for the. latter.

The device of my invention involves the use of a rotary cutter for trimming the edge of the lawn and in addition I use a sliding cutter to cut a swath or groove or furrow between the trimmed edge of the lawn and the adjoining edge of the side-walk. The device of my invention is provided with means whereby the trimmer may be operated with facility and guided along the edge to be cut or trimmed in order that the edge of the lawn may be trimmed accurately and the appearance of the lawn thereby enhanced.

The invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of parts as will hereinafter be more fully set forth and claimed.

In the accompan ing drawings I have illustrated one com ete example of the physical embodiment o my invention wherein the parts are combined and arranged according to the best mode I have so far evised for the practical application of the principles of my invention.

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation showing an implement involving the novel fea- ,30 tures of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the operating parts of the implement, the hand e being broken away for convenience of illustration.

Fig. 3 is a front View of the implement with the handle broken away showing the relation of the implement to the lawn, sidewalk and furrow cut therebetween.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showin the rotary cutting disk and the sliding or s wing cutter.

In carrying out my invention the implement is fashioned somewhat similar to a lawn mower and is provided with a handle 1 which is secured between the side plates or side straps 2 and 3 by the bolts 4. A driving wheel 5 is provided with an axle or shaft 6 and is journalled between the side plates 2 and 3 to run alon the edge of the lawn and support the imp ement as well as drive its operso atin parts.

- T e side plates are provided with slots 7 walk and guide the implement. The

and adjusting bolts -8 by means of which the handle 1 ma be adjusted with relation to the side plates or the convenience of the person operating the machine.

A rotary cutter 9 in theform of'a circular disk with a bevel edge 9, is journalled by means of its shaft 10 lu the side plates 2 and 3 and this rotary cutter is driven through a chain of gears including the pinion 11 on the shaft 10 and intermediate gear 12, and a driving gear 13 on the shaft 6. Thus as the implement rides along on the wheel 5 the rotary cutter is driven through this chain of ears and as the rotary cutter is located wit its cutting edge below the drivin wheel it will be seen that the cutter trims t e edge of the lawn L, to insure a neat appearance for the lawn.

The implement is provided wheel 14 which travels alon the edge of the side-walk W and this whee has an annular flange 15 to run along the edge of the sideguide wheel is journalled on the shaft 10 and is spaced from the rotary cutter and these parts run along the ed e of a furrow F formed between the edge 0 the lawn L and the edge of the side-walk W.

A' plow or slicing cutter is also used in the formation of the furrow F. This cutter includes a plow 16 having a flange 17 that is bolted at 18 to the side plate 2 and the plow has a cutting edge 19 located adjacent to the lower part of the rotary disk 9. The plow also has a bottom fla e 20 with a front cutting edge 21, and itwi 1 be apparent that the fixed cutter or plow 16 coacts with the rotary with a guide cutter 9 in the formation of the furrow F'as the rotary cutter 9 trims the edge of the lawn. The cutting flange 20 of the low forms a smooth bottom for the furrow F and of course the depth of the furrow cut by this flange is determined by the guide wheel 14 along on the side-walk W.

By this means it will be apparentthat the imp ement ma be pushed or shoved alon the edge of the awn and its parts are operated for carrying out the purposes of my invention.

Havin thus fully described my invention what I c im as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

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The combination in a hand im lement of driving wheel and cutter shaft, a plow fixed the lawn mower ty e. comprising a andle and on one of said plates between said rotar disk spaced side plates o'rmingla frame, of adrivcutter and guide wheel, and a latera 1y ex- W ing wheel journaled in t e frame, a rotary tendin flange on the plow having its free disk-cutter and its shaft journaled in the edge a ined with the flanged guide wheel.

frame and a spaced, flanged, guide wheel on n testimony whereof I afiix my signature. the said shaft, driving gears between said FREDERICK G. HAWNEY. 

